Core Views Austrian real GDP growth will accelerate in 2016 but economic activity will lag behind regional peers, despite improving external demand from the eurozone. At a federal level, support for the Freedom Party (FPÖ) exceeds that of either the SPÖ or ÖVP, which we expect to hold throughout 2016. The FPÖ is now the junior government coalition member in two Austrian states (Burgenland and Upper Austria).